Introduction

EGL editor is base on eclipse to provide specialized features for editing EGL code. Associated with the editor is a EGL-specific Outline view, which shows the structure of the active EGL Part. It is updated as the user edits the EGL file. The EGL editor includes the following features:

Syntax highlighting

Content/code assist

Code formatting

Import assistance(Organize import)

Quick fix

Integrated debugging features

In this blog I will introduce some features to improve the EGL development efficiency

Use Content Assist to improve development efficiency

Quick fix/Quick Assist

Navigation between EGL parts

Vertical ruler

Use Content Assist to improve development efficiency

Content assist helps you to quickly define variable, function or finish a line of code in the EGL editor. The content assist is context sensitive, which means that the proposals listed in the dialog is different with the cursor position changing. In the EGL editor press Ctrl + Space or Alt + “/”(Can be configured) on to trigger the content assist.This will open a list of available code completions.

Three types of content assist proposals in EGL

Keyword Proposals：This proposal type only provides EGL Keywords which can be used at the current cursor position.

Reference Proposals：This proposal type provides proposals like variables defined in the context,System type,library,functions which can be used at the current cursor position.